LIVE AT THE CONCERTGEBOUW ‘…This is Richard Strauss’ dance of the young girl Salomé, who takes us back to biblical times in ancient Palestine. There is an even older biblical story told in music: the Israelite hero Samson who falls in love with the Philistine beauty Delilah. Further on we hear the ‘Egyptian’ piano concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns and a mythical Greek tale by César Franck. The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra is led by its chief conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin in this orientally flavoured concert...’ [RNW-host Hans Haffmans]

 
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, dirigent
Nicolas Angelich, piano
 
Giuseppe Verdi: Prelude to Aida
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5
Camille Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from Samson & Delilah
César Franck: Psyché & Eros
Richard Strauss: Salomés Tanz
 

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